Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation |
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| Directed by | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Produced by | Michelle Murdocca |
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| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Editing by | Joyce Arrastia |
| Studio | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation MRC |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| Release date(s) | June 13, 2018 (AIAFF) July 13, 2018 (United States) |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $80 million |
| Money made | $528.6 million |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (released internationally as Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation) is a 2018 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The third installment in the Hotel Transylvania franchise and the sequel to Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), it was directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and written by Tartakovsky and Michael McCullers, and features Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Sadie Sandler, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Joe Whyte, Asher Blinkoff, Chris Parnell and Mel Brooks reprising their roles, as well as new additions to the cast including Jim Gaffigan, Kathryn Hahn, Joe Jonas, Chrissy Teigen and Tartakovsky. In the film, Dracula finds love with a ship captain named Ericka while on a vacation on a cruise with his family and friends, but Mavis later discovers that Ericka is actually the great-granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing, Drac's arch-enemy.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 13, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 13. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics and grossed $528 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million. It is the highest-grossing film in the Hotel Transylvania series and Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing film worldwide to be completely animated. A sequel is in development and is scheduled to be released in August 2021.
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Plot
Back in 1897, Dracula and his friends travel in disguise on a train to Budapest. However, Dracula's arch-enemy Professor Abraham Van Helsing boards the train and unveils the monsters; the monsters escape by climbing through the roof, and Dracula pushes his friends off the train for their safety. Van Helsing becomes obsessed with destroying Dracula, but is constantly outsmarted by him.
In the present day following the second film, Dracula is running his hotel business smoothly with his daughter Mavis and son-in-law Johnny. Drac is depressed that he has remained single since his wife Martha's death despite his attempts to meet someone. Misinterpreting this as stress from overwork, Mavis books a cruise so they can all take a break and spend more time together as a family. Dracula, Johnny, Mavis, Dennis, and the hotel guests board a cruise ship called the Legacy. Dracula sees the ship's human captain, Ericka, and immediately falls for her, something that he thought was impossible as he had already "zinged" before.
Ericka goes to a private and secret room on the lower decks where she meets Abraham Van Helsing, secretly her great-grandfather. Van Helsing has almost entirely mechanized his body to avoid death, and has a plan to eliminate all the monsters: on the cruise's arrival at the lost city of Atlantis, he will use an Instrument of Destruction in Atlantis' ruins. Van Helsing makes Ericka promise to not assassinate Dracula beforehand, but she makes repeated unsuccessful attempts to do so anyway. Dracula's friends hear Ericka complain about her inability to get him and misinterpret this as a sign of affection. Dracula nervously asks Ericka out on a date, and she accepts since she sees this as another opportunity to kill him. As they dine on a deserted island, Ericka unexpectedly begins to fall in love with Drac, after they learn about each other's pasts.
Mavis discovers Dracula is interested in Ericka and becomes suspicious of Ericka's motives. The cruise ship reaches Atlantis, which has been converted into a casino; Dracula decides to tell Mavis the truth about Ericka but gets distracted seeing Ericka enter an underground crypt. Drac follows her, with Mavis not far behind, and learns that Ericka is after a "family heirloom". With Dracula's help, she evades the booby traps around the object and escapes. Mavis arrives and confronts them, and Dracula confesses that he "zinged" with Ericka, to Mavis' surprise and confusion. After Ericka is told what a "zing" is, she rejects Dracula's romantic feelings, leaving Dracula dejected.
A regretful Ericka gives Van Helsing the object—the Instrument of Destruction—and he sets a trap for the monsters at a dance party. Noticing that Dracula is still depressed about Ericka, Mavis takes advice from Johnny and tells her father to talk to Ericka, admitting that she was afraid of him leaving her, which allays Drac's fears. Van Helsing shows up and pushes away the DJ, and a saddened Ericka is forced to reveal that she is his great-granddaughter. Van Helsing unveils the Instrument of Destruction, a case for a music note sheet, and plays a song that drives a friendly Kraken living near the island to attack the monsters. Dracula tries to stop the Kraken, but gets injured. Ericka saves Dracula from the Kraken and pleads with her great-grandfather to stop the destruction, confessing her love for Drac. This infuriates Van Helsing, and he attacks them both.
To pacify the Kraken, Johnny opens up a portable DJ kit and plays positive songs ("Good Vibrations" and "Don't Worry, Be Happy") to beat Van Helsing's song. Upon playing the "Macarena," the Kraken is relaxed and happy for good; Van Helsing is unable to counter the song as everyone begins to dance, including the music sheet, which rips itself to pieces during the process. When Van Helsing also dances, he accidentally slips and falls, but Dracula saves him. Touched by the act of kindness, Van Helsing apologizes to the monsters and gives everyone a full refund for the cruise, before sending them back.
Back at Hotel Transylvania, Dracula proposes to Ericka, who stammers at the question before accepting.
Cast
- Adam Sandler as Count "Drac" Dracula is Mavis' father, Count Vlad's youngest son, and Dennis' maternal grandfather. Centuries after the demise of his beloved wife Martha, he ultimately falls for a human woman and proposes to her.
- Andy Samberg as Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran is Mavis' husband, Dracula's son-in-law, and Dennis' human father.
- Selena Gomez as Mavis Dracula, Drac's daughter, Johnny's wife, and Dennis' vampire mother, from whom he inherited his vampire abilities which he first developed on his fifth birthday, as do all pureblood vampires.
- Kevin James as Frankenstein, Drac's friend who hangs with Murray.
- David Spade as Griffin, Drac, Frank, Wayne and Murray's invisible friend.
- Steve Buscemi as Wayne, a werewolf who is friends with Drac, Frank, Murray and Griffin.
- Keegan-Michael Key as Murray, an ancient mummy who hangs with Frank. Murray was previously voiced by CeeLo Green in the first film.
- Molly Shannon as Wanda, Wayne's werewolf wife who is friends with Eunice.
- Fran Drescher as Eunice, Frank's wife who is friends with Wanda.
- Kathryn Hahn as Ericka Van Helsing, the captain of the Legacy cruise, Drac's love interest, and the great granddaughter of Abraham Van Helsing.
- Jim Gaffigan as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, Ericka's great grandfather and Dracula's formal rival.
- Mel Brooks as Count Vlad, an ancient, more experienced and traditional vampire who is Drac's father, the late Martha's father-in-law, Mavis' paternal grandfather, Johnathon's grandfather-in-law, and Dennis' maternal great-grandfather. Since the end of the third movie, he is Ericka's father-in-law.
- Sadie Sandler as Winnie, the eldest werewolf daughter of Wayne and Wanda. She is Dennis' best friend and has a mutual crush on him.
- Asher Blinkoff as Dennis Dracula-Loughran, Mavis and Johnny's human/vampire hybrid son, Dracula's grandson, and Winnie's love interest. He has his mother's blue eyes and extraordinarily strong vampire abilities, and his father's orange hair and freckles.
- Chris Parnell as Stan, a fish-man that works on the Legacy. Parnell was the voice of The Fly from the first two films.
- Joe Whyte as Tinkles, Dennis' giant pet puppy.
- Whyte also voices Bob, one of the Gremlins who works as a co-pilot on Gremlins' airlines.
- Joe Jonas as Kraken, a giant music-loving sea monster that lives near Atlantis.
- Chrissy Teigen as Crystal, an invisible woman who is Griffin's new girlfriend.
- Genndy Tartakovsky as:
- Blobby, a green blob monster. He was previously voiced by Jonny Solomon in Hotel Transylvania 2.
- Blobby Baby, a spawn of Blobby.
- Puppy Blobby, Blobby Baby's pet and a spawn of Blobby.
- Tara Strong as Frankenlady (voiced by Alison Hammond and credited as Frankenginger in the UK release), a female whose right arm is related to Frank from his right hand's side of the family.
- Jaime Camil as El Chupacabra, a passenger on the Legacy.
Video game
A video game based on the film, titled Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard, was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on July 10, 2018. It was developed by Torus Games and published by Outright Games. While Keegan-Michael Key was the only one to reprise his role from the film, the rest of the cast consists of Brock Powell as Count Dracula, Melissa Sturm as Mavis, Michael Buscemi as Wayne, Julianne Buescher as Ericka, Danny Gendron as Frank, and Brian T. Stevenson as Johnny. Margaret Tang voice directs the video game.
Sequel
On February 26, 2019, Sony Pictures Animation announced that a fourth film is in development and is scheduled to be released on December 22, 2021. On October 4, 2019, Tartakovsky announced he will not direct the film. On April 24, 2020, it was announced that it would be moved up to August 6, 2021. On September 17, 2020, it is announced that Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon will replace Tartakovsky as director, although he will still be involved as producer and screenwriter, as well as Selena Gomez reprising her role as Mavis, and serving as executive producer of the film.
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On June 13, 2018, director Genndy Tartakovsky presented almost complete version of the film at Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
See also
In Spanish: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation para niños
